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but Jesushe">[fn] became a priestbecame a priest">[fn] with an oath when Godhe">[fn] said to him,Psalm 110:4;">[xr] "The Lord has taken an oathand will not change his mind.You are a priest forever."Psalm 110:4">[fn]

He has no need to offer sacrifices every day like those high priests, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he sacrificed himself.Leviticus 9:7; Romans 6:10; Hebrews 5:3; 10:12;">[xr]

But Godhe">[fn] found something wrong with his peoplewith them">[fn] when he said,Jeremiah 31:31-34;">[xr] "Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Never again will everyone teach his neighborIsaiah 54:13; John 6:45; 1 John 2:27;">[xr] or his brother by saying, 'Know the Lord,' because all of them will know me, from the least important to the most important.

Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood he went into the Holy of Holies once for all and secured our eternal redemption.Daniel 9:24; Zechariah 3:9; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 9:26,28; 1 Peter 1:19; Revelation 1:5; 5:9;">[xr]

Nor did he go into heavendid he go into heaven">[fn] to sacrifice himself again and again, the way the high priest goes into the Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.Hebrews 9:7;">[xr]

Then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now, at the end of the ages, he has appeared once for all to remove sin by his sacrifice.1 Corinthians 10:11; Galatians 4:4; Ephesians 1:10; Hebrews 7:27; 9:12; 10:10; 1 Peter 3:18;">[xr]

By his will we have been sanctified once for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ.John 17:19; Hebrews 9:12; 13:12;">[xr]

Since that time, he has been waiting for his enemies to be made a footstool for his feet.Psalm 110:1; Acts 2:35; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Hebrews 1:13;">[xr]

the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),John 10:9; 14:6; Hebrews 9:3,8;">[xr]

For we know the one who said, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back,"Deuteronomy 32:35">[fn] and again, "The Lord will judge his people."Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 135:14">[fn]Deuteronomy 32:35-36; Psalm 50:4; 135:14; Romans 12:19;">[xr]

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did,did">[fn] and by it he was declared to be righteous, since God himself accepted his offerings. And by faithby it">[fn] he continues to speak, even though he is dead.Genesis 4:4,10; Matthew 23:35; Hebrews 12:24; 1 John 3:12;">[xr]

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, reverently prepared an ark to save his family, and by it he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.Genesis 6:13,22; Romans 3:22; 4:13; Philippians 3:9; 1 Peter 3:20;">[xr]

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.Genesis 12:1,4; Acts 7:2-4;">[xr]

By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.Genesis 12:8; Hebrews 6:17;">[xr]

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac. The man who had received the promises was about to offer his unique son,unique one">[fn]Genesis 22:1,9; James 2:21;">[xr]

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons "and worshiped while leaningwhile leaning">[fn] on the top of his staff."[xr]

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave them instructions about buryingburying">[fn] his bones.Genesis 50:24-25; Exodus 18:19;">[xr]

By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after he was born, because they saw that he was a beautiful child and were not afraid of the king's order.Exodus 1:16,22; 2:2; Acts 7:20;">[xr]

He thought that being insulted for the sake of Christ[fn] was of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.Hebrews 10:35; 13:13;">[xr]